ANSWER KEY OF HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

Compulsory (paper-III), WBCS (Mains) 2019

1. Chilka is an example of __________ Lake.
(A) Crater (B) Lagoons (C) Glacial (D) Aeolian
2. _______ is the source of River Chambal.
(A) Malwa Plateau (B) Aravalli Range (C) Vindhyan Range (D) Satpura Range

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[The perennial Chambal originates at Janapav, south of Mhow town, near manpur Indore, on
the south slope of the Vindhya Range in Madhya Pradesh. ]
3. Ganga is an example of _____________ River.
(A) Consequent (B) Subsequent (C) Antecedent (D) None of the above
[Ref : Geography of India by Majid Husain]
4. Dalma Trap is located in ________ state of India.
(A) Bihar (B) Orissa (C) Jharkhand (D) None of the above
5. The HDI of India for the year 2017 is______.
(A) 0.635 (B) 0.640 (C) 0.645 (D) 0.650
[India’s HDI value for 2017 is 0.640, which put the country in the medium human
development category. Between 1990 and 2017, India’s HDI value incased from 0.427 to
0.640, an increase of nearly 50 percent – and an indicator of the country’s remarkable
achievement in lifting millions of people out of poverty.]
6. According to the Census of India 2011, the sex ratio of West Bengal is ________.
(A) 947 (B) 948 (C) 938 (D) 958
7. _____________ is the highest peak of Meghalaya Plateau.
(A) Nokrek (B) Shillong (C) Mirik (D) None of the above
9. The coal belt of Peninsular India developed during the ___________ period.
(A) Tertiary (B) Pleistocene (C) Carboniferous (D) None of the above
[Gondwana coal has overwhelmingly higher share (99%) in India's coal resources and the
entire coal mined in the peninsular plateau part belongs to this category. Thiscoal was formed
in carboniferous period between 600 to 300 million years ago.]
10. __________ is the oldest denudation mountain of India.
(A) Eastern Ghat (B) Nilgiri Hills (C) Aravalli (D) Zaskar
11. Khardung-la pass joins _________.
(A) Leh and Chumbi Valley (B) Leh and Siachen Glacier
(C) Uttarakhand and Tibet (D) Valley of Kashmir and Kargil
12. According to Indus Water Treaty India got the exclusive right to use the water of three
rivers and among them one is
(A) Jhelum (B) Ravi (C) Chenab (D) Indus
[According to this agreement, control over the water flowing in three "eastern" rivers of India
— the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej with the mean annual flow of 33 million acre-feet (MAF) —
was given to India, while control over the water flowing in three "western" rivers of India —
the Indus, the Chenab and the Jhelum with the mean annual flow of 80 MAF — was given to
Pakistan.]
13. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was launched in the year _______.
(A) 2000 (B) 2001 (C) 2002 (D) 2003
[Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) programme aimed at Universal Elementary Education was launched in
January 2001 to provide useful and relevant education for all children in the age group of 6-14 years by
2010]

14. Kannada belong to ____________ language group.

(A) Austric (B) Aryan (C) Sino Tibetan (D) Dravidian
15. __________ has one of the four training centres of National Disaster Response Force.
(A) Delhi (B) Hyderabad (C) Bangalore (D) Bhopal
16. The National Fire Service College is located at
(A) Ahmedabad (B) Chennai (C) Nagpur (D) Allahabad
17. In 2005 the Indian government enacted an act for prevention and mitigation of disaster. It
is known as ___________.
(A) Disaster Prevention Act (B) Disaster Mitigation Act
(C) Disaster Management Act (D) None of the above
18. _________ is not a drought prone area.
(A) Kalahandi [Orissa] (B) Purulia [West Bengal]
(C) Nellai [Tamil Nadu] (D) Assam Valley [Assam]
19. IMD has defined severe drought when deficiency of rainfall ___________ exceeds of
normal rainfall.
(A) 25% (B) 40% (C) 50% (D) 75 %
[If the deficiency is between 26 and 50 per cent, the drought is labelled as “moderate” and if it is more
than 50% it is termed as “severe”.]

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20. In the year ________ Tsunami occurred in the coastal areas of India.
(A) 2003 (B) 2006 (C) 2004 (D) 2005
[The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami (also known as the Boxing Day Tsunami) occurred at
00:58:53 UTC on 26 December, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra.]

21. The famous earthquake of January 26, 2001 took place at ______.
(A) Uttarkashi (B) Bhuj, Gujarat (C) Andaman and Nicobar (D) Kinnaur
[The 2001 Gujarat earthquake, also known as the Bhuj earthquake, occurred on 26 January, India's
52nd Republic Day, at 08:46 AM IST and lasted for over 2 minutes. The epicentre was about 9 km south-
southwest of the village of Chobari in Bhachau Taluka of Kutch District of Gujarat, India.]

22. Saline soil is found in ______.

(A) Estuary of Narmada (B) Malwa Plateau (C) Meghalaya plateau (D) Rajmahal hills
23. Tropical moist deciduous is not found in __.
(A) West Bengal (B) Bihar (C) Gujarat (D) Odisha
24. Sal tree is found in _______ forest.
(A) Moist tropical (B) Alpine (C) Dry tropical (D) None of the above
25. _________ is the largest west flowing river of Peninsular India.
(A) Tapi (B) Sabarmati (C) Narmada (D) None of the above
26. Mandakini and Alaknanda meet at ______.
(A) Rudraprayag (B) Karan Prayag (C) Allahabad (D) Devprayag
27. The Indus originates from the glacier of ________ range.
(A) Pir Panjal (B) Kailash (C) Zaskar (D) Saltora
28. ____ coastal plain stretches from Daman to Goa.
(A) Kerala (B) Konkan (C) Utkal (D) Gujarat
29. ___ Hill range is also known as Sahayadris.
(A) Western Ghats (B) Eastern Ghat (C) Vindhyas (D) Satpuras
30. __________ pass is in Arunachal Pradesh.
(A) Bum La (B) Jelep la (C) Nathu La (D) Betla
31. ___________ plateau is separated from the main peninsular plateau of India by the wide
gap of Garo-RajMahal gap.
(A) Madhya Bharat Pathar (B) Meghalaya (C) Chhotonagpur Plateau (D) Malwa
32. The Marwar plain is found in ________.
(A) Rajasthan (B) Gujarat (C) Maharashtra (D) Uttar Pradesh
33. The Zojila pass is located in __________ state of India.
(A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Himachal Pradesh (C) Sikkim (D) Arunachal Pradesh
34. The famous _______ Glacier is located at Nubra Valley.
(A) Baltora (B) Punmah (C) Siachen (D) Kanchenjunga
35. ___________ Valley lies in between Pir Panjal and Zaskar range.
(A) Kangra (B) Kashmir (C) Kullu (D) Dun
36. The Dravidian Rock System is found in _____ region.
(A) Krishna Valley (B) Chota Nagpur Plateau (C) Spiti Valley (D) Damodar Valley
37. Barren Island Wildlife Sanctuary is located in
(A) Dadra and Nagar Haveli (B) Pondicherry (C) Andaman and Nicobar Island (D) Lakshadweep
38. _______ is the highest producer of milk in India.
(A) Uttar Pradesh (B) Andhra Pradesh (C) Haryana (D) Rajasthan
[1st-UP, 2nd -Rajasthan, 3rd-Gujarat]
39. The Indian Wildlife Protection Act was passed in the year ____.
(A) 1962 (B) 1972 (C) 1975 (D) 1965
40. _________ is declared as a National Park in the year 2014 and become the newest
national park of India.
(A) Dachigam (B) Gorumara (C) Jaldapara (D) Inder Kila
[Dachigam-1981, Gorumara- 2012, Jaldapara-2014. Inderkila-2010 ]
41. _________ National Park is located in the state of Jharkhand.
(A) Bhitarkanika (B) Betla (C) Bandipur (D) Bandhavgarh
[Bhitarkanika-Odisha, Betla-Jharkhand, Bandipur-Karnataka, Bandhavgarh-M.P. ,
42. ___________ is the first National Park was established in India in the year 1936.
(A) Bandhavgarh (B) Gir (C) Indira Gandhi (D) Jim Corbett
[Jim Corbett National Park is the oldest national park in India and was established in 1936 as
Hailey National Park to protect the endangered Bengal tiger. It is located in Nainital
district of Uttarakhand and was named after Jim Corbett, a well known hunter and naturalist.
The park was the first to come under the Project Tiger initiative]

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43. Indian Standard Time is ________ ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.
(A) 6 hours 30 minutes (B) 4 hour 30 minutes (C) 5 hours 30 minutes (D) 6 hours 15 minutes
44. ______ is a Central University in West Bengal.
(A) Gour Banga University (B) Rabindra Bharati University
(C) Viswa Bharati University (D) University of Calcutta
[ It was founded 23rd December, 1921 by Rabindranath Tagore who called it Visva-Bharati.
which means the communion of the world with India. Until independence it was a college.
Soon after independence, in 1951, the institution was given the status of a university and was
renamed Visva-Bharati Univers]
45. 100 Smart Cities Mission was launched by Indian government in the year ___________.
(A) 2014 (B) 2015 (C) 2016 (D) 2013
[100 Smart Cities Mission" was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 June 2015.
It is a five-year program in which, except for West Bengal, all of the Indian states and Union
territories are participating by nominating at least one city for the Smart Cities challenge.
Financial aid will be given by the central and state governments between 2017-2022 to the
cities, and the mission will start showing results from 2022 onwards New Town Kolkata has
withdrawn from the Smart Cities Mission after the Bengal government decided to withdraw
all cities from the competition.]
46. Doordarshan is a broadcasting agency of
(A) Prasar Bharati (B) Akashvani (C) Gyan Bharti (D) National Film Development Corporation
47. The full form of abbreviation NLM is ______.
(A) Northern Line of Monsoon (B) Normal Line of Monsoon
(C) Northern Limit of Monsoon (D) Normal Limit of Monsoon
48. IISCO has an iron and steel plant at
(A) Rourkela (B) Burnpur (C) Shimoga (D) Visakhapatnam
[The Indian Iron & Steel Company (IISCO), a SAIL subsidiary, was amalgamated with SAIL on
16th February 2006 and renamed IISCO Steel Plant (ISP). This full-fledged integrated steel plant
is one of India’s oldest. Established as an industrial enterprise in 1918, IISCO produced iron
from an open-top blast furnace at Hirapur (later to be called Burnpur) in West Bengal for the
first time in 1922.]
49. Wet temperate forest is found in ____ region of India.
(A) Nilgiri (B) Eastern Ghats (C) Kashmir Himalayas (D) Kutch Peninsula
50. Black soil is mostly found in ______ states of India.
(A) Maharashtra and Gujarat (B) Maharashtra and Rajasthan
(C) Andhra Pradesh and Kerala (D) Bihar and Madhya Pradesh
51. The Congress decided to raise a Swaraj Fund of one crore rupees for:
(A) Organising the Non - Cooperation Movement (B) Memorial of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Building the headquarters of the Congress (D) Supporting the families of political workers.
[A year into the Non-Cooperation Movement, Mahatma Gandhi announced the Tilak Swaraj
Fund. The Fund, a homage to Bal Gangadhar Tilak on his first death anniversary, aimed at
collecting Rs 1 crore to aid India’s freedom struggle and resistance to the British rule. A
massive amount at the time, the skeptical were proved wrong when the money came in by
the set deadline of June 30. Of the collected amount, Rs 37.5 lakh was donated by Bombay,
which led him to refer to the city as “Bombay the Beautiful”.]
52. The historic Lucknow Session of the Congress in 1916 was presided over by
(A) Annie Besant (B) R.N. Mudholkar (C) Ambika Charan Majumdar (D) Madan Mohan Malviya
53. The brain behind the bomb attack on Viceroy Lord Hardinge at Chandni Chowk Delhi in
December 1912 was
(A) Ras Bihari Bose (B) Bhai Parmanand (C) Sachindra Nath Sanyal (D) Shobhan Lal Pathak
54. After the partition of Bengal the two new provinces which came into existence were
(A) East Bengal and Bengal (B) East Bengal and West Bengal
(C) East Bengal and Assam (D) East Bengal and North Bengal
[The former province of Bengal was divided into two new provinces -- 'Bengal' (which
comprises of western Bengal and the province of Bihar and Orissa) and Eastern Bengal and
Assam, with Dacca as the capital of the latter.]
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55. Who killed Michael O'Dwyer the governor of Punjab who had ordered the brutal firing on
the innocent people at Jallianwala Bagh?
(A) Madan Lal Dhingra (B) Sardar Udham Singh (C) Sohan Singh Bhakra (D) Kanailal Dutta
56. The founder president of the Harijan Sevak Sangh, founded by Mahatma Gandhi was
(A) Mahadev Desai (B) GD Birla (C) Amrit Lal Thakkar (D) BR Ambedkar
57. The day Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non Cooperation Movement a great national
leader died he was
(A) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(C) Phiroz Shah Mehta (D) Chitta Ranjan Das
58. A public service commission was established in India for the first time by
(A) The Indian Council act 1892 (B) The Act of 1909
(C) The Government of India Act 1919 (D) The Government of India Act 1935
[The Royal Commission on the superior Civil Services in India was set up under the
chairmanship of Lord Lee of Fareham by the British Government in 1923. With equal numbers
of Indian and British members, the commission submitted its report in 1924, recommending
setting up of a Public Service Commission under The Government of India Act 1919 The Lee
Commission proposed that 40% of future entrants should be British, 40% Indians directly
recruited, and 20% Indians promoted from the provincial services]

59. After the Surat split in 1907 the second split in the Congress took place in 1918 on the
issue of
(A) Lucknow Pact (B) Montague Declaration
(C) Election of Mrs Annie Besant as president of INC in 1917 (D) Both A and C
[The Congress in a special session (August 1918) criticized the August Declaration as
“disappointing and unsatisfactory” and suggested important modifications. The Moderates,
led by Surendra Nath Banerjee, supported the Declaration in a separate conference
(November 1918).]
60. The European Organisation in India which launched agitation against the Ilbert Bill was
(A) European Defence Association (B) Indo British Association
(C) Anti Ilbert Bill League (D) European Rights Front
61. Who was a great Indian revolutionary who was a professor of Sanskrit and philosophy at
the University of Berkeley and Stanford and died as a Sanyasi in Philadelphia?
(A) Shyamaji Krishna Verma (B) Lala Hardayal (C) Bhai Parmanand (D) Ramchandra Bhardwaj
62. Who edited the Bengali weekly Jugantar and Basumati?
(A) Barindra Ghosh (B) Aurobindo Ghosh (C) Ganesh Ghosh (D) Anand Mohan Bose
63. Madan Lal Dhingra murdered Curzon Wylie in London who was a/an
(A) Advisor to the Secretary of State for India
(B) Secretary of State for India
(C) Former Governor of the Punjab
(D) Law member of the Viceroy's Executive Council
64. Gopal Hari Deshmukh is popularly known as ‘Lokahitawadi’ because
(A) He was a great philanthropist and social worker
(B) He distributed money and medicines to the poor and the needy
(C) He edited a monthly magazine the Lokahitawadi
(D) All of the above
65. The Vaikom Satyagraha was launched in 1924 for
(A) Opening the temple to the low caste Hindus
(B) Fighting against the exploitation by the landlords
(C) Removal of press restrictions
(D) Democratisation of the administration of Travancore state
66. Who of the following acted as President of Indian National Congress for six consecutive
years?
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Abul Kalam Azad (D) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
67. Which of the following revolutionary and terrorist organisation had a large number of
young women revolutionaries?
(A) Jugantar (B) Anushilan Samiti (C) Bharat Mata society (D) Indian Republican Army
[Pritilata Waddedar and Kalpana Dutta were renowned female patriots of this group]

68. The Nehru Committee report got a decent burial at the hands of the Congress at the
_______ session of INC.
(A) Calcutta (B) Madras (C) Lahore (D) Bombay
69. Who was the first to unfurl Indian national flag, the parent and precursor of the flag of
independent India?
(A) Madam Bhikaji Cama (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Raja Mahendra Pratap (D) Taraknath Das
70. Who gave the title of Rani to the Naga woman leader Gaidinliu?
(A) Subhas Chandra Bose (B) Jawaharlal Nehru (C) Thakkar Bapa (D) Mahatma Gandhi
[Gaidinliu (26 January 1915 – 17 February 1993) was a Naga spiritual and political leader who led a
revolt against British rule in India.At the age of 13, she joined the Heraka religious movement of her
cousin Haipou Jadonang. The movement later turned into a political movement seeking to drive out the
British from Manipur and the surrounding Naga areas. Within the Heraka faith, she came to be
considered an incarnation of the Goddess Cherachamdinliu. Gaidinliu was arrested in 1932 at the age of
16, and was sentenced to life imprisonment by the British rulers. Jawaharlal Nehru met her at Shillong
Jail in 1937, and promised to pursue her release. Nehru gave her the title of "Rani" ("Queen"), and she
gained local popularity as Rani Gaidinliu.She was released in 1947 after India's independence, and
continued to work for the upliftment of her people. ]

71. Who founded a social organisation the Jat Pat Torak Mandal in 1922 for breaking the
caste barrier among the Hindus?
(A) Bhai Parmanand (B) Dr BR Ambedkar (C) MG Ranade (D) Keshab Chandra Sen
[The Jat-Pat-Todak Mandal was founded in Lahore in 1922 by Bhai Parmanand as an offshoot
of the more militantly anti-caste wing of the Arya Samaj. Annihilation of Caste/ Jat-Pat-Todak
Mandal is an undelivered speech written in 1936 by B. R. Ambedkar who fought against the
country's practice of untouchability]

72. Which of the following was not a leader of the all India Hindu Mahasabha?
(A) VD Savarkar (B) Bhai Parmanand (C) Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (D) MR Jayakar
[Wrong option is given. Everyone was member of All india Hindu Mahasabha.
• Mukund Ramrao Jayakar (13 November 1873 - 10 March 1959, Bombay) was a member
of the Bombay Legislative Council during 1923-1925, and a leader of the Swaraj Party.
Later, he was a member of Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha. In the All parties
conference(in which Muslims were ready to give up demands of separate electorate) he
strongly opposed the efforts of compromise, and thus was one of the main reasons for
the Partition of India.
• Bhai Parmanand (4 November 1876 – 8 December 1947) was an Indian nationalist and a
prominent leader of the Hindu Mahasabha.]
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73. Dadabhai Naoroji was elected to the British House of Commons as a member of the __
Party.
(A) Conservative (B) Liberal (C) Labour (D) Labour Liberal combine
74. Bal Gangadhar Tilak was given the epithet of Lokmanya during
(A) Swadeshi movement (B) Revolutionary movement
(C) Home Rule Movement (D) His imprisonment in 1908
75. The only Indian prince who actively participated in the revolutionary movement within
and outside India was
(A) Raja Mahendra Pratap (B) Kunwar Singh (C) Chhatrapati Shahu (D) Raja Ripudaman Singh
76. The issue of discussion and stalemate at the second round table conference related to
(A) Communal problem (B) Federal structure
(C) Demand for Purna Swaraj (D) Representation of depressed classes
[Gandhi claimed that the Congress alone represented political India; that the Untouchables
were Hindus and should not be treated as a “minority”; and that there should be no separate
electorates or special safeguards for Muslims or other minorities. These claims were rejected by
the other Indian participants.]
77. Who of the following was not hanged in the famous Kakori Train Dacoity Case?
(A) Pandit Ram Prasad Bismil (B) Roshan Lal (C) Ashfaq Ullah Khan (D) Surya Sen
78. The Chittagong Armoury Raid had been planned by
(A) Surya Sen (B) Chandra Dutta (C) Vidhan Ghosh (D) Jatin Das
79. The true greatest women revolutionaries of the national movement Pritilata Waddedar
and Kalpana Dutta were revolutionary co-worker of
(A) Surya Sen (B) Bhagat Singh (C) Batukeshwar Dutt (D) Chapekar Brothers
80. Who murdered Sanders, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Lahore for assaulting Lala
Lajpat Rai?
(A) Bhagat Singh (B) Batukeshwar Dutt (C) Sukhdev (D) Rajguru
[Saunders was felled by a single shot from Rajguru, a marksman. He was then shot several
times by Singh, the postmortem report showing eight bullet wounds. Another associate of
Singh, Chandra Shekhar Azad, shot dead an Indian police constable, Chanan Singh, who attempted
to pursue Singh and Rajguru as they fled. As Rajguru shot first, he is the automatic choice for
the answer but the popular views talks about Bhagat Singh. Let’s see what will be the choice
of WBPSC ?. ]

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81. Why did Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw a bomb on the floor of the Central
Assembly in New Delhi and in the process got themselves arrested?
(A) After the murder of Sanders at Lahore the people were suffering terribly at the hands of the
Police
(B) Feeling head slowly gained around that the people had to suffer the consequences of the
crime committed by Bhagat Singh etc. to remove such a feeling HSRA decided to send two
members to commit a crime and then to court arrest.
(C) To create a sensation all over India in order to remove political lethargy
(D) All of the above
82. Jatin Das as accused in Lahore Conspiracy Case on whose death the family of the Irish
Martyr Teren Macswiney send condolence message to the family of Jatin Das died after
undertaking of fast of _______ days.
(A) 56 (B) 63 (C) 72 (D) 81
83. Subhash Chandra Bose was unanimously elected president of INC at the Haripura Session
held in February
(A) 1936 (B) 1937 (C) 1938 (D) 1939
84. What was the fundamental difference between Subhash Chandra Bose and Gandhi Nehru
group which led to the defeat of Gandhiji's candidate for the Presidentship of the INC?
(A) Gandhiji had a personal dislike for Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Bose had radical and socialist ideas
(C) Bose wanted to exploit the war between Germany and Britain to India's advantage and
said England's necessity is India's opportunity
(D) Insinuations made by Bose against Gandhiji that he was not keen on carrying on national
struggle
85. The Tripuri Session of INC of March 1939 was a historical event on account of
(A) The victory of Subhash Chandra Bose as president of INC against Gandhiji's nominee
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
(B) The resignation of entire working committee except Subhash Chandra Bose and his brother
Sharat Chandra Bose
(C) The resolution to frame a constitution of free India
(D) Rejection of the British foreign policy by the INC
86. After leaving the Congress Subhash Chandra Bose organised the forward bloc in
(A) 1939 (B) 1938 (C) 1940 (D) 1941
87. The main principle of Mahatma Gandhi famous Basic Education System or Wardha
scheme was
(A) Learning through activity (B) Learning through productivity
(C) Earning and Learning (D) Learning and Spinning
88. Match the following events with the date of their occurrence:
(a) August Offer (i) August 9 - 11, 1942
(b) Arrival of Cripps Mission (ii) July 14, 1942
(c) Quit India Resolution (iii) March 23, 1942
(d) The Great August Uprising (iv) August 8, 1940
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) iv iii . ii i
(B) iii ii i iv
(C) iv ii iii i
(D) iv iii i ii
89. The four brigades of Indian National Army were named after
(A) Lal, Bal, Pal & Subhash (B) Surya, Chandra, Jatin & Bhagat
(C) Ganga, Jamuna, Narmada & Kaveri (D) Gandhi, Azad, Nehru & Subhash
90. The first provincial government of free India was inaugurated by Subhash Chandra Bose at
(A) Imphal (B) Kohima (C) Singapore (D) Rangoon
91. British Prime Minister Attlee made the historic announcement of the end of British rule in
India on
(A) February 20, 1947 (B) August 16, 1946 (C) March 7, 1947 (D) December 9, 1946
92. Lord Mountbatten's declaration on the freedom of India and its partition is known as
(A) The August Plan (B) The June 3rd Plan (C) The June 2nd Plan (D) The Partition Plan
93. A brilliant and patriotic Anglo-Indian teacher Henry Vivian Derozio, was the founder of
(A) The Young Bengal Movement (B) The Indian National Union
(C) The Servants of India Society (D) The British India Association
94. Match the authors with their works:
(a) Dr Rajendra Prasad (i) The National Voice
(b) Abul Kalam Azad (ii) India Divided
(c) VD Savarkar (iii) India Wins Freedom
(d) C Rajagopalachari (iv) Indian War of Independence
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) ii iii iv i
(B) iii ii I iv
(C) i ii iii iv
(D) ii iii i iv
95. Certain movements of early 20th century described as ‘Movement from below’ were
(A) Caste movements (B) Revolutionary movements
(C) Peasant and tribal movements (D) Socio religious movements
96. Match the authors and their works:
(a) Sceptred Flute (i) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Savitri (ii) Sarojini Naidu
(c) India and The World (iii) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Conquest of Self (iv) Jawaharlal Nehru
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) I ii iii iv
(B) iv iii ii i
(C) ii iii iv i
(D) ii i iv iii
97. What approximately was the number of princely states which legally become
independent at the lapse of British paramountcy on August 15 1947?
(A) 300 (B) 600 (C) 150 (D) 700
98. Ridiculing the idea of Swaraj in 1903 who said, "Only mad men outside lunatic Asylum
could think or talk of independence".?
(A) Lord Curzon (B) Lord Hardinge (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Pheroze Shah Mehta
99. During the British rule the only British King to visit India and hold is magnificent Durbar
was
(A) Edward VII (B) George V (C) James II (D) Edward VI
100. Muslim organisation, which proposed during the First World War that Muslims should
participate and try to reach an accord with the Congress, was
(A) Muslim League (B) Ahmadiyya movement (C) Ahrar League (D) Deoband Movement
[According to popular view, the answer may also be the Muslim League. Let’s see what will be
the choice of WBPSC?]
101. Which of the following is not a feature of Lothal?
(A) Discovery of a dockyard
(B) Rectangular and circular fire altars for animal sacrifice
(C) Depiction of a ship on a seal
(D) Evidence of the use of plough
102. Who was the propounder of the Ajivika sect?
(A) Purana Kasapa (B) Pakudhha Kaccayana (C) Makkali Goshala (D) Ajitha Kesakambalin
103. The spies during the Sangam age was known as
(A) Spasas (B) Dutas (C) Orrars (D) Sanjayans
104. Lands, during the post Gupta period, were classified on the basis of
(A) Being cultivated and uncultivated (B) Being irrigated and unirrigated
(C) Crops being grown on the field (D) All of the above
105. The Pallava-Chola style of architecture is commonly known as
(A) Pallava (B) Chola (C) Nagara (D) Dravida
106. The largest standing Army of Sultanate directly paid by the state was created by
(A) Iltutmish (B) Alauddin Khilji (C) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (D) Sikandar Lodhi
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107. Muslim Kingdom of Golconda grew up on the ruins of the old Hindu Kingdom of
(A) Devagiri (B) Dwarasamudra (C) Warangal (D) Kanchi
108. Which of the following did not form part of the contingents maintained by the
mansabdars?
(A) Cavalrymen (B) Artillerymen (C) Bowman (D) Musketeers
[ Ref: K.Reddy , Sixteenth Edition, 2015

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Q: 109...Which of the following branches of the army was wholly state paid?

a)Infantry. (b) Cavalry. (c) Elephants (d) Artillery]

109. The chief Dutch export from the Coromandel ports was
(A) Textiles (B) Indigo (C) Spices (D) Saltpetre
110. Which of the following is not one of the arrangements made by the English after
defeating the Marathas in the third Anglo Maratha war?
(A) The Peshwaship was abolished
(B) Holkar was forced to enter into a Subsidiary Alliance
(C) The Gaikwad enter into a Subsidiary Alliance
(D) This small Kingdom of Satara formed out of Peshwa Dominions was given to Pratap Singh
111. Who is known as ‘Plato of the Jat tribe’?
(A) Rajaram (B) Churaman (C) Badan Singh (D) Surajmal
112. The Nawab of Awadh who was appointed the Wazir of Mughal Empire was
(A) Saadat Khan (B) Safdar Jung (C) Asaf Ud daulah (D) Nasiruddin
113. After Bengal the English secured the rights of duty free trade in the dominions of
(A) Raja of Banaras (B) Nawab of Awadh
(C) The Nizam of Hyderabad (D) The Jats of Bharatpur
114. A remarkable feature of the spread of landlordism was the growth of
(A) Aristocracy (B) Capitalism (C) Sub-infeudation (D) Cultivation
[A remarkable feature of’ the spread of landlord-ism was, the growth of sub-
infeudation or intermediaries]
115. When did the Company lost its monopoly of Indian trade which was thrown open to all
Britain?
(A) 1813 (B) 1833 (C) 1853 (D) 1793
116. The extension of the cultivation of Indigo, cotton, opium, tea and coffee in India, besides
benefiting the British planters, also benefited
(A) The Zamindar (B) Small merchants (C) Both A and b (D) The Indian bankers
117. What was the primary reason for the failure of Mahalwari Settlement in checking the
process of destruction of the village communities?
(A) It was introduced only as a temporary measure to be replaced ultimately by the Rawatwari
system
(B) Individual rights in the land where recognised and guaranteed by the state
(C) There were several defects and lacunae in the implementation of measure
(D) It made with severe opposition from certain sections of the village community.
118. Which of the following was the chief organiser of the revolt of 1857 in Bihar?
(A) Amar Singh (B) Kunwar Singh (C) Pir Ali (D) Imaad Uddin
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119. Which of the following consequences of the British rule did not affect the Muslim middle
classes?
(A) The tyranny of the British Indigo planters
(B) The disbandment of the nawabs forces
(C) The abolition of the rural police
(D) The resumptions of imams land which provided sustenance to the learned
[Indigo revolt was supported by the Hindu Intelligentsia, Muslim and the Missionaries]
120. The first session of all India Trade Union Congress held in Bombay in 1920, it was
presided over by
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) V V Giri (C) Lala Lajpat Rai (D) NM Joshi
121. What was the solution found by BR Ambedkar in later years after independence to end
the hardship of schedule class people?
(A) More representation (B) Separate electorate
(C) Embracing the Buddhism (D) Organised movement
122. During the first twenty years of Congress, which of the following acted as president of
INC thrice?
(A) Surendra Nath Banerjee (B) Dadabhai Naoroji (C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale (D) Sankaran Nair
[1886-Calcutta, 1893- Lahore, 1906-Calcutta)
123. Aurobindo Ghosh was brilliantly defended by
(A) Chitta Ranjan Das (B) WC Banerjee (C) Motilal Nehru (D) Tej Bahadur Sapru
["My appeal to you therefore is that a man like this who is being charged with the offences
imputed to him stands not only before the bar in this Court but stands before the bar of the
High Court of History and my appeal to you is this: That long after this controversy is hushed in
silence, long after this turmoil, this agitation ceases, long after he is dead and gone, he will be
looked upon as the poet of patriotism, as the prophet of nationalism and the lover of humanity.
Long after he is dead and gone his words will be echoed and re-echoed not only in India, but
across distant seas and lands. Therefore I say that the man in his position is not only standing
before the bar of this Court but before the bar of the High Court of History. The time has come
for you, sir, to consider your judgment and for you, gentlemen, to consider your verdict...]
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124. Hindustan Socialist Republican Association movement ended with the death of
(A) Bhagat Singh (B) Ram Prasad Bismil
(C) Chandra Shekhar Azad(D) Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee
125. Congress gave the idea of a United India and accepted partition, because
(A) The country was sinking into a civil war
(B) The Congress leaders felt that partition was a lesser evil than a civil war
(C) The Congress leaders succumbed to the Temptation of power and struck a deal with the
British
(D) The interim government had become an Arena of struggle
126. Mahatma Gandhi first experimented with his technique of Satyagraha in
(A) Champaran (B) Kheda (C) Ahmedabad Mill Strike (D) Anti Rowlatt Act agitation
127. A senior Congress leader, who held that the Quit India Movement was misguided and
detrimental to India's long-term interest, was
(A) Tej Bahadur Sapru (B) Jai Prakash Narayan (C) C Rajagopalachari (D) JB Kripalni
128. Match the
following social
reformer of the 19th
Century with their
individual
contribution:

(a) Ram Mohan Roy

(i) Abolition of Sati

(b) Keshab Chandra (ii) Inter-caste
Sen marriage, widow
remarriage and
emancipation of
women
(c) Jyotiba Phule (iii) Removal of
untouchability
(d) Dayanand (iv) Shuddhi
Saraswati movement and
rejection of
hereditary caste
system

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) ii i iv iii
(D) i ii iv iii
129. The precursor of the Indian National Congress was
(A) Indian Association of Calcutta (B) Indian National Conference
(C) British Indian Association (D) The Indian Union
130. The name Indian National Congress was given by
(A) Surendra Nath Banerjee (B) Dadabhai Naoroji
(C) Pheroze Shah Mehta (D) MG Ranade
131. The first president of the Indian National Congress was
(A) Allan Octavian Hume (B) Womesh Chandra Banerjee
(C) Surendra Nath Banerjee (D) Dadabhai Naoroji
132. Who said “the Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions, while in
India, is to assist it to its peaceful demise”?
(A) Syed Ahmed Khan (B) Raja Shiv Prasad (C) Lord Dufferin (D) Lord Curzon
133. Arrange the following events in the correct chronological order:
(I) Partition of Bengal
(II) Varanasi session of Indian National Congress
(III) Calcutta Session of the INC
(IV) Foundation of Muslim League
(A) I II III IV
(B) II I III IV
(C) I II IV III
(D) I III II V
134. The immediate cause of the Surat split of 1907 between the moderate and extremist was
(A) The boycott of the moderates by the extremists
(B) The election of the President of Indian National Congress
(C) The Swaraj resolution
(D) The extremists’ resolution of swadeshi, boycott, national education and self-government
135. The Calcutta Session of Indian National Congress of 1906 marks a turning point in the
history of the Congress because
(A) It marks the end of 20 years of Indian National Congress
(B) It marked the end of moderate phase of the Indian National Congress
(C) Adopted the Resolution regarding boycott, Swadeshi, national education and self-
government
(D) It was the last session where the Indian National Congress was dominated by the old guard
136. Who was designated as Neo-Nationalist?
(A) Extremists (B) Revolutionaries (C) Moderates (D) Swarajist
137. The Indian National Congress became both Indian and national in reality as well as in
rare, at the
(A) Surat session of 1907 (B) Calcutta session of 1906
(C) Lucknow session of 1916 (D) Lahore session of 1929
138. Match the papers or periodicals with the national leader who published them.
(a) Abul Kalam Azad (i) Bombay Chronicle
(b) Pheroze Shah Mehta (ii) Al-Hilal
(c) Mrs Annie Besant (iii) Young India
(d) Mahatma Gandhi (iv) New India
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) ii i iv iii
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii i iii iv
(D) iii ii i iv
139. Arrange the following events in the correct chronological order.
I. Bombing on Lord Hardinge
II. Transfer of capital from Calcutta to Delhi
III. Outbreak of the First World War
IV. Gandhiji's arrival in India
(A) II I IV III
(B) I II III IV
(C) III I II IV
(D) II I III IV
140. Match the
founders of the
following
revolutionary
organizations:
(a) Anushilan Samiti
(i) VD Savarkar
(b) Abhinav Bharat (ii) Barindra Kumar
Ghosh
(c) Ghadar Party (iii) Lala Hardayal
(d) Hindustan socialist (iv) Sachindra Nath
Republican Army Sanyal and Bhagat
Singh
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) ii i iii iv
(B) i ii iii iv
(C) ii iii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
141. Match the epithets of the following national leaders:
(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak (i) Lokmanya
(b) CF Andrews (ii) Dinabandhu
(c) Madan Mohan Malviya (iii) Mahamana
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai (iv) Punjab Kesari
(a) (b) (c) (d)
(A) i ii iii iv
(B) ii i iii iv
(C) iii ii i iv
(D) iv iii ii i
142. The following was not the result of the Home Rule Movement of Bal Gangadhar Tilak
and Annie Besant?
(A) The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League both thought of starting a passive
resistance to the movement.
(B) The Home Rule campaign virtually ousted the moderates from the political field.
(C) The Indian National Congress became the Congress of Tilak and Besant.
(D) The movement generated a cultural awakening in India.
143. Jatin Das who died on September 13, 1929 after a long hunger strike in prison, had been
arrested in connection with
(A) Murder of Sanders (B) Throwing of bombs in the Assembly at Delhi
(C) Lahore Conspiracy Case (D) Meerut Conspiracy Case
144. Who is regarded as the ‘Mother of Indian Revolution’?
(A) Annie Besant (B) Snehalata Wadkar (C) Sarojini Naidu (D) Madam Bhikaji Rustom Cama
145. The President of the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress of December 1929
which passed the Purna Swaraj Resolution was
(A) Motilal Nehru (B) Jawaharlal Nehru (C) Srinivas Iyengar (D) Subhash Chandra Bose
146. The famous ‘Purna Swaraj Declaration’ which says, “We hold it to be a crime against
man and God to submit any longer to a rule that has caused this fourfold disaster to our
country.” was prepared by
(A) Jawaharlal Nehru (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) Motilal Nehru (D) All of the above
147. The greatest merit of the Gandhi-Irwin pact was that
(A) The Indian National Congress agreed to join the Second Round Table Conference
(B) For the first time the Indian National Congress was treated on a footing of equality as a
political opponent
(C) Gandhi the half-naked Fakir ascended the staircase of the Vice Regal lodge
(D) The Indian National Congress gained a status and authority to speak for political India
[Option ‘B’ also may be the answer]
148. Opposition to the Gandhi-Irwin pact was mainly
(A) Because of the execution of Bhagat Singh Sukhdev and Rajguru
(B) Because the Indian National Congress reneged the Purna Swaraj pledge
(C) Because of suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement
(D) Because the pact was a self-delusion
149. After the Gaya Session of Indian National Congress in December 1892 a new party was
formed by Motilal Nehru and CR Das, its name was
(A) National liberal party (B) The Congress Khilafat Swarajya party
(C) Swarajya Party (D) Swarajya Congress Party
(Actually in 1922)
150. The Meerut Conspiracy Case, in which 27 accused persons were defended by Jawaharlal
Nehru and K N Katju related to the members of the
(A) Ghadar party (B) Hindu Mahasabha
(C) Indian National Congress (D) Communist Party of India
151. The longest border of India is with ___________ (4096 kilometre).
(A) Nepal (B) Bhutan (C) Afghanistan (D) Bangladesh
152. India is not the leading producers of the _________ spices.
(A) Cumin seeds (B) Cardamom (C) Ginger (D) Chili
153. The present habitat of __________ tribe is mainly in the plateau regions of Bihar,
Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal.
(A) Bhils (B) Nagas (C) Santhals (D) None of the above
154. Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh is famous for production of ____________.
(A) Millet (B) Cotton (C) Tobacco (D) Sugarcane
155. The National Air Monitoring Programme was initiated by
(A) National Disaster Management Agency (B) State Pollution Control Board
(C) National Pollution Control Board (D) Indian Meteorological Department
156. The southernmost point of India is _________, located at 6⁰45’ N.
(A) Indira Point (B) Kanyakumari (C) Dras (D) Chennai
157. Bangladesh access the Enclaves in Coochbehar through ___________ corridor.
(A) Tin Bigha (B) Darjeeling (C) Jalpaiguri (D) None of the above
158. The basic objective of __________ is to provide all weather connectivity to all villages.
(A) SGSY (B) IAY (C) DPAP (D) PMGSY
159. Varanasi is an example of ________ city.
(A) Defence (B) Administrative (C) Port (D) Ecclesiastical
160. Malda district of West Bengal is famous for
(A) Sericulture (B) Horticulture (C) Apiculture (D) Aquaculture
161. _________ is the largest producer of sugarcane in India.
(A) Maharashtra (B) Gujarat (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh
162. Sheets, rods, plates and utensils from _____ are manufactured by Mill at Belur, West
Bengal.
(A) Iron and steel (B) Copper (C) Bronze (D) Aluminium
163. India is the largest exporter of _________.
(A) Orange (B) Pear (C) Cashew nuts (D) Strawberry
164. Bamboo, rags, Rice bran are the main raw material of ________ industry.
(A) Chemical (B) Fertilizer (C) Cotton (D) Paper
165. _______ is the largest producer of tea.
(A) West Bengal (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Assam (D) Karnataka
166. In the year 1988, India launched the first remote sensing satellite __________.
(A) IRS - 1A (B) INSAT 1D (C) INSAT 1A (D) None of the above
167. Jawaharlal Nehru Port is situated at about 14 km south of _____ city.
(A) Chennai (B) Mumbai (C) Goa (D) Kolkata
168. According to the census department of Government of India, a class III urban place has a
population between __________.
(A) 10000 to 19999 (B) 20,000 to 49999 (C) 50000 to 99999 (D) None of the above
169. __________ state has the highest literacy rate among the North Eastern states of India.
(A) Mizoram (B) Nagaland (C) Manipur (D) Tripura
[As per the Census 2011 report]
170. States of India has more females in number than males with the sex ratio of 1084/1000
according to Census of India, 2011.
(A) Karnataka (B) West Bengal (C) Kerala (D) Orissa
171. According to Census of India, 2011 the crude birth rate of the country is _____ per 1000.
(A) 25.8 (B) 23.8 (C) 26.8 (D) 21.8
172. Many people of state ______ speak Kinnauri.
(A) Jammu and Kashmir (B) Himachal Pradesh (C) Uttar Pradesh (D) Uttarakhand
173. ____________ is a minority group in India who are followers of Zoroastrianism.
(A) Jains (B) Parsis (C) Buddhists (D) Christians
174. Lepcha, Assamese, Bhutia are type of _________ language family.
(A) Sino-Tibetan (B) Austric (C) Dravidian (D) Indo Aryan
175. __________ is the main occupation of the Toda tribe of Southern India.
(A) Hunting (B) Pastoralism (C) Fishing (D) Agriculture
176. ____________ is a tribe of North East India.
(A) Oraon (B) Chenchu (C) Angami (D) Irula
177. __________ is not a potential area for generation of geothermal energy.
(A) Son Valley (B) Damodar Valley (C) Western Ghats (D) None of the above
[The different non-orogenic geo-thermal areas are given below:
1. Cambay graben geothermal province 2. Son-Narmada-Tapi graben geothermal province3.
West Coast geothermal province 4. Damodar valley geothermal province 5. Mahanadi valley
geothermal province 6. Godavari valley geothermal province 7. North Indian Peninsular
geothermal province 8. East Indian geothermal province 9. South Indian geothermal province]
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178. Blue Revolution is aimed at increasing the production of _____________.
(A) Milk (B) Poultry (C) Shrimp (D) Indigo
179. _____________ is not a SEZ of India.
(A) Falta (B) Noida (C) Indore (D) Surat
180. According to Census of India 2011, the child sex ratio of India is
(A) 920 (B) 914 (C) 941 (D) 921
181. In the year __________ the first census of India was conducted.
(A) 1911 (B) 1872 (C) 1921 (D) 1891
182. _________ census year recorded a negative growth rate of -0.31 in India.
(A) 1931 (B) 1921 (C) 1941 (D) 1911
183. India and Pakistan boundary dispute over ________ creek.
(A) Sir (B) Kari (C) Kajhar (D) None of the above
184. By ___________ amendment constitutional status was given to the Panchayat System.
(A) 74th (B) 73rd (C) 72nd (D) 62nd
185. Integrated Urban Development project was initiated during _________ Five Year Plan.
(A) Fourth (B) Fifth (C) Sixth (D) Seventh
186. Tilaiya Dam is on __________ River.
(A) Barakar (B) Damodar (C) Konar (D) None of the above
187. Ukai dam is on Ukai River which is a tributary of _________ River.
(A) Narmada (B) Mahanadi (C) Tapi (D) Ganga
188. Shivasamudram Dam is constructed on _______ River.
(A) Narmada (B) Mahanadi (C) Krishna (D) Kaveri
189. Bundelkhand is famous for production of _________ mineral.
(A) Diamond (B) Mica (C) Copper (D) Iron
190. _________ is the largest producer of Mica.
(A) Bihar (B) Jharkhand (C) Andhra Pradesh (D) Madhya Pradesh
191. Copper is found in large quantities at _____
(A) Durgapur (B) Ghatshila (C) Nagpur (D) Mayurbhanj
192. India is the second largest producer of ___________, after Zimbabwe.
(A) Iron (B) Manganese (C) Zinc (D) Lead
193. Salem is famous for production of _____ iron ore.
(A) Hematite (B) Magnetite (C) Limonite (D) Siderite
194. Introduction of Joint Forest Management was an important objective of ____________.
(A) National Forest Policy, 1988 (B) Man and Biosphere Programme
(C) Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 (D) None of the above
195. Woods of Sundari tree is used mainly for making __________.
 (A) Railway sleepers (B) Boat making (C) Cricket bat (D) None of the above
196. ___________ forecast flood in India.
(A) Indian Meteorological Department
(B) Central Flood Forecasting Organisation
(C) Central Flood and Disaster Forecasting Organisation
(D) None of the above
197. According to Koppen's climatic classification, Kerala has _________ climate.
(A) Tropical monsoon (B) Tropical moist (C) Tropical Savanna (D) Cold humid winter
198. The Western disturbances cause winter precipitation in North West regions of Indian
subcontinent. It originates from ________.
(A) Mediterranean Sea (B) Aral Sea (C) Caspian Sea (D) None of the above
199. ___________ crosses the Himalayas and brings dry and stable weather in winter in India.
(A) Easterly Jet streams (B) Westerly Jet streams
(C) Both easterly and westerly jet streams (D) South Eastern monsoon wind
200. Chandra Taal is located in ________ valley.
(A) Kashmir (B) Lahaul and Spiti (C) Dun (D) None of the above
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